Kona Joe's secret is out. He's not a Kona boy after all, but a doctor from southern California, and he's living the life. In a story from our new favorite web site, OC Register writer Greg Hardesty spins the tale of doctor turned Big Island coffee grower Joe Alban.

But how many average Joes turn out to be surgeons who journey to Hawaii, "where he fell in love with his wife, met a wild dolphin, and planted a coffee garden?"

And some of his finest coffee sounds very unlike your average Joe. The Estate Pure Kona Coffee is grown like wine grapes on a trellis system. A tour of their 12 acres might be worth putting on the next Big Island itinerary, no?

His wife, Deepa, is quite the artist as well. Check out this original oil painting, "Fish Collage"